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'''Store owner''': Why? I don't know. I was drunk. |
'''Store owner''': Why? I don't know. I was drunk. |
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Incidents of jaw-dropping stupidity brought about by a character's excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
Incidents of jaw-dropping stupidity brought about by a character's excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
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Someone who becomes a [[Drunken Master]] when intoxicated is the direct opposite. |
Someone who becomes a [[Drunken Master]] when intoxicated is the direct opposite. |
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Alcohol-Induced Idiocy can be similar to the [[Idiot Ball]] or any other plot device that depends on [[Contrived Stupidity Tropes|Contrived Stupidity]]. Thus, this trope is related to [[Plot Induced Stupidity]], [[Too Dumb to Live]], [[What an Idiot!]], [[Out-of-Character Moment]], [[What Were You Thinking?]], and [[Phlebotinum-Induced Stupidity]]. |
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Can often lead to a character getting an [[Embarrassing Tattoo]] ... or doing something much, much worse. Some of the other results of |
Can often lead to a character getting an [[Embarrassing Tattoo]] ... or doing something much, much worse. Some of the other results of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy are covered in the [[What Did I Do Last Night?]], [[You Wake Up in a Room]], and [[Sorry, Ociffer...]] tropes. May overlay [[Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb]]. |
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The Alcohol-Induced Idiocy trope can also be used as [[An Aesop]] about the dangers of [[Drugs Are Bad|over-consuming alcohol]] and [[Drunk Driver|drunk driving.]] |
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Unfortunately, instances of |
Unfortunately, instances of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy are so common that this is [[Truth in Television]]. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* In [[Hunter X Hunter]], a nameless [[Posthumous Character]] was taught the flute version of the [[Brown Note|Sonata of Darkness]] and was instructed to never play it. One time, he and his friend Melody got drunk. Melody's friend played it. Melody's appearance changed, and at least one of the limbs she now keeps covered was vaguely depicted and Kurapika sure as hell flinched when he saw it. Melody gained the ability super-hearing. The person that played the music's body was as warped and mangled as Melody's limb. Needless to say, the person that played it died. |
* In [[Hunter X Hunter]], a nameless [[Posthumous Character]] was taught the flute version of the [[Brown Note|Sonata of Darkness]] and was instructed to never play it. One time, he and his friend Melody got drunk. Melody's friend played it. Melody's appearance changed, and at least one of the limbs she now keeps covered was vaguely depicted and Kurapika sure as hell flinched when he saw it. Melody gained the ability super-hearing. The person that played the music's body was as warped and mangled as Melody's limb. Needless to say, the person that played it died. |
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